Maternity garter belt



Jan. 4, 1955 F. E. DAVIDSON 2,693,438

MATERNITY GARTER BELT Filed May 24, 1951 FL UREA/CE .E. DAV awn/v A INVENTOR. TFi g. 1

United States Patent MATERNITY GARTER BELT Florence E. Davidson, Estacada, Oreg.

Application May 24, 1951, Serial No. 228,084

1 Claim. (Cl. 2306) This invention relates to improvements in garter belts and more especially to a belt of this character which is self-adjusting and self-conforming to the abdomen of a woman from the beginning of pregnacy to the termination thereof.

It is one of the principal objects of the invention to provide a garter belt which is made of a minimum number of elastic elements yieldingly attached to each other and adapted to expand circumferentially and vertically above the area of increasing dimensions of the wearer to which the invention is applied.

The invention also includes a plurality of garters secured to and depending from one of the elements of the girdle and which need no adjustment throughout the operative range of the girdle from the beginning to the termination of the pregnancy period.

These and other objects will appear as my invention is more fully hereinafter described in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and finally pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a garter belt made in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a slightly reduced front elevation of the invention shown applied to the body of a wearer.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of Figure 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing:

As best illustrated in Figure 1 the invention comprises an endless band 1 of elastic material adapted to encircle the body of the wearer at its forward portion below the abdomen of the wearer and at its rearward section across the small of the back of the wearer. This lower band is provided with properly spaced-apart depending garters indicated at 2 and 3 whose upper ends are stitched as at 4 and 5 respectively to the band 1, and whose lower ends are provided with any approved type of fastening elements indicated at 6. Secured by stitching 7 to the rear portion of the band 1 are the ends of an auxiliary band 8 of elastic material of sufficient diameter to snugly embrace the abdomen of the wearer and in sufficiently spaced vertical relation to the lower band 1 to embrace the top contour of the enlarged portion of the wearers abdomen. The forward portions of both bands 1 and 8 are interconnected by vertical elastic bands 9 and 10 whose upper and lower ends are secured by stitching 11 and 12 respectively to the upper and lower bands.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

A maternity garter belt comprising in combination an endless elastic band adapted to encircle and cling to the body of the wearer below the abnominal region thereof, an auxiliary elastic band having its ends secured at spaced apart points to said endless band at the rear portion thereof, said auxiliary band being of looped formation and adapted to encircle and cling to the body of the wearer above said abdominal region with its forward portion in vertically spaced relation to said endless band whereby both of said bands will expand circumferentially without displacement in accordance with the enlargement of the abdomen, a pair of spaced apart depending garters secured at their top ends to the forward portion of said endless band, a second pair of garters secured at their top ends to the rear portion of said endless band at points spaced outwardly from the points of attachment of the ends of said auxiliary band to said endless band, a pair of spaced apart parallel vertically disposed elastic bands attached at their top ends to the forward portion of said auxiliary band and attached at their bottom ends to the forward portion of said endless band at points spaced outwardly from said points of attachment of said first mentioned pair of garters thereto whereby the downward pull of a load applied to said garters will be transmitted to both of said bands, and whereby said vertical elastic bands will yield to variable vertical spacing between said endless band and auxiliary band.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 736,788 Schafiner Aug. 18, 1903 1,257,856 Haun Feb. 26, 1918 1,830,791 Guinzburg Nov. 10, 1931 

